How do we view the Bawaria community?

Are the Bawarias of Rajasthan hunters, nomads or a tribe of criminals?

Scripting a struggle

Tribals fight for the right to write their way

Nailing the lie of the land

Guns and poses

The Tripura government's plan to secure development for tribals

Looming largesse

World Bank mulls India's first loan for tribal populations; to bypass forest department

Observing jungle laws

The first historico-legal analysis of forestry regulations in Northeast India

JPC's good work on Tribal Bill

JPC suggestions go beyond forest rights paradigm

Dialogues of identity

Forest commission report on forest rights bill validates government's stand

Forest commission fails to innovate

Jumbo problem

Spate of elephant killings forces rethink of conservation policy

Defiant

The Bilirangan Temple Sanctuary in Karnataka bristles with angry Soligas. Their sustenance denied, the tribals deliberate their next move

Tribals become anthropologists

An academy that aims at converting tribals to anthropology; where the Bhils crossover from being mere objects of study to an active role in …

Stop trade

Soligas harvested forest produce. For them, it was a sustainable business. Then, irrationally, government moved to

After the People met

The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?

Dumping nuclear burden

Australia's move to return to aborigines land located on former nuclear test site draws flak

Documenting the Northeast's tribal laws

Land is central to the tribal identity in the region too easily abbreviated 'northeast'. Jeuti baruah knows this too well. As director of the Law …